Jericho is a

ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...

in eastern

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, United States. It is located the southern part of the Tintic Valley, about west of Nephi and southwest of

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Description

The site of the former community is situated along

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's (UP)

Lynndyl Subdivision The Lynndyl Subdivision is a rail line owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in the U.S. state of Utah, running from Salt Lake City southwest to Milford, where the Caliente Subdivision continues towards Los Angeles. Effective F ...

. It can be reached by

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(Grand Army of the Republic Highway) by either heading south from

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or heading northeast from

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. The area can also be reached by heading west from Nephi on

Utah State Route 132 State Route 132 (SR-132) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. It connects U.S. Route 6 (US-6) in Lynndyl to US-89 at Pigeon Hollow Junction, crossing Interstate 15 (I-15) in Nephi. Route description The route starts in Millard ...

. Jericho was so named on account of its desolate, isolated, and sandy surroundings. The ghost town is near the

Little Sahara Recreation Area The Little Sahara Recreation Area is a large area of sand dunes, hills and sagebrush flats located in the northeast corner of the Sevier Desert in Juab County in the west central part of Utah, United States. Description Threcreation areais ma ...

, an area consisting of sand dunes. The area is popular among off-road vehicle users, motocross bikers, and campers. The climate of the area is hot in the summers, commonly from 90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit and winters are cold, between 30- and 40-degrees Fahrenheit. The climate is typical of that of the

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. The State Road Commission of Utah (predecessor to the

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) named a nearby highway junction after the former community ( Jericho Junction)., page 26

History

Jericho was originally a sheep shearing corral along the

Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad The Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was a rail company in California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, that completed and operated a railway line between its namesake cities (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California), via Las ...

(now the UP's Lynndyl Subdivision). later became a camp for the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government unemployment, work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was ...

(Camp Jericho).

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Collection of images for Camp Jericho by the Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement
Ghost towns in Juab County, Utah Ghost towns in Utah {{Utah-geo-stub

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